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Scandals we need to remember

12 September 2026

Renowned Irish journalist Frank Connolly exposed some of the biggest scandals that rocked the political establishment and led to tribunals of inquiry and the resignation of at least one Taoiseach. Here Mícheál Mac Donncha interviews him about corruption then and now. Free article

Rally hears calls for RUC members in Pearse Jordan killing to be investigated for perjury

16 November 2016

Even Judge Horner said during the inquest that the police officers had been ‘untruthful’ and that one or both may have edited log books Free article

Turkey stops HDP MP from briefing TDs on Ankara’s crackdown on Kurds and opposition

16 November 2016

Turkish Government pushing the country further ‘along the path to a dictatorship and the very real possibility of a civil war’, Sinn Féin TD warns after meeting pro-Kurdish activists Free article

Republicans honour Volunteers Patricia Black and Frankie Ryan

16 November 2016

Tributes paid to comrades who lost their lives on active service in England in the fight for Irish freedom Free article

Donald Trump and ‘Enemies of the People’

14 November 2016

The politics of Trump, poppies and Brexit are stark examples of how news reporting is failing citizens Free article

British Government is mocking victims’ families on legacy issues

13 November 2016

‘As more time passes, family members are beginning to die. Important witness evidence is being lost. The British Government is playing for time. It is a political scandal.’ Free article

Fearon calls for referendum on Irish unity

13 November 2016

Sinn Féin Junior Minister and Newry and Armagh MLA Megan Fearon has called on the British government to hold a referendum on Irish unity. Free article

Lansdowne Road Agreement ‘has run out of road’, Mary Lou McDonald tells major trade union conference

12 November 2016

Urgent need to begin process of reaching a new agreement and addressing the issue of equal pay for equal work Free article

All-Ireland support for Irish language – new independent research report ‘Céard É An Scéal?’

12 November 2016

Conradh na Gaeilge launches second report in research series at Oireachtas Festival – statistics show great interest in learning Irish both North and South Free article

PSNI chief says hurls are not offensive weapons

10 November 2016

Facebook video posted by police in response to community outcry over PSNI warning during routine traffic stop Free article

Ruth Dudley Edwards says BBC forcing nationalists to wear poppy should be legally challenged

10 November 2016

Call by Danny Morrison supported by ‘Sunday Independent’ columnist Free article

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